Package org.geotools.image.io.metadata

Geographic informations encoded in images as metadata.

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Class Summary

Axis	An <Axis> element in geographic metadata format.
Band	A <SampleDimension> element in geographic metadata format.
GeographicMetadata	Geographic informations encoded in image as metadata.
GeographicMetadataFormat	Describes the structure of geographic metadata.
Identification	An immutable ("name", "type") pair.
ImageGeometry	A <GridGeometry> element in geographic metadata format.
ImageReferencing	A <CoordinateReferenceSystem> element in geographic metadata format, together with its <CoordinateSystem> and <Datum> child elements.
MetadataAccessor	Base class for geographic metadata parsers.

Package org.geotools.image.io.metadata Description

Geographic informations encoded in images as metadata.

This package defines a geographic metadata format which is aimed as image format neutral. The metadata format defines a structure for a tree of nodes in a way similar to the way methods are defined in GeoAPI interfaces. For example it defines a "CoordinateReferenceSystem" node with "CoordinateSystem" and "Datum" child nodes.

The GeographicMetadata class contains convenience methods for encoding metatadata. Metadata are usually given as String or double attributes only, but image readers can optionaly attach fully constructed GeoAPI objects if they wish. If only String and double are used, then the duty to create GeoAPI objects from them incomb to the org.geotools.coverage.io package.